obliterate
obliterate.01 - destroy
OBLITERATE-V NOTES: Verbnet predicts an instrumental subject. They also bring thedistinction between agent and instrument down to intentionality, whichwe've been trying to avoid. If you feel you can consistently makethat decision, go ahead; otherwise only use arg2 when there is also anarg0. (from obliterate.01-v)OBLITERATION-N NOTES: obliterate.01 (from obliteration.01-n)
Aliases:
obliteration (n.)
obliterate (v.)
obliterate (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: destroyer
ARG1-PPT: thing destroyed
ARG2-MNR: instrument of destruction
ARG1-PPT: thing destroyed
ARG2-MNR: instrument of destruction
no instrument
Program traders argue that
a reinstatement of the ruleARG0
wouldARGM-MOD
obliteraterel
the `` pricing efficiency '' of the futures and stock marketsARG1
.ARG2
In October 2006ARGM-TMP
two middle - aged guys from the less than aptly named town of PeacehavenARG0
came along in the night and obliteratedrel
itARG1
with black paintARG2
.Arg0,1
Although sympathetic to their destitution , Atwood is appalled at
theirARG0
obliterationrel
of a site 's archaeological valueARG1
.